Making and Breaking Things: The Founder Mentality and Building in Emerging Markets with Nova and Postpay’s Tariq Sheikh

Building Across Internet Eras with Scott Kveton, Serial Entrepreneur, CEO & Co-founder of CaseMark

🚀 Apply to Nebius for Startups: https://www.nebius.com/startups [https://www.nebius.com/startups] 🎧 Explore more episodes: https://www.nebius.com/startups/podcast [https://www.nebius.com/startups/podcast] In this episode, we sit down with Scott Kveton—serial entrepreneur, Co-founder and CEO of CaseMark, and Co-founder of the Association for AI in Legal (A4L)—to explore what it means to build across multiple generations of the internet. With over 20 years of experience spanning Web1, Web2, Web3, and now AI, Scott has built and scaled companies at internet scale, with three successful exits and just as many hard-earned failures. From an early career at Amazon to co-founding Urban Airship and contributing to foundational technologies like OpenID and OAuth, his journey offers a front-row seat to the evolution of modern software. Now, with CaseMark, Scott is focused on transforming the legal industry through AI—building a “litigation lifecycle” platform designed to help attorneys make sense of complex cases from intake to resolution. We dive into Scott’s philosophy on building high-performance teams, why he believes companies should operate like clockwork—not culture—and how founders can stay focused on execution and stakeholder value. Along the way, we explore lessons from decades of building, scaling, and adapting through every major wave of the internet. 👤 About the Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kveton/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kveton/] Twitter/X: https://x.com/kveton Company website: https://casemark.com/ 🚀  About Nebius for Startups Nebius for Startups partners with leading AI founders building for scale—providing GPU credits, hands-on engineering support, and a global ecosystem to accelerate growth. Reduce infrastructure bottlenecks, avoid scaling missteps, and move faster. 👉 Apply now: https://www.nebius.com/startups [https://www.nebius.com/startups] 🌐 About Nebius Website: https://www.nebius.com [https://www.nebius.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nebius [https://www.linkedin.com/company/nebius] X: https://x.com/nebiusai [https://x.com/nebiusai]

Making and Breaking Things: The Founder Mentality and Building in Emerging Markets with Nova and Postpay’s Tariq Sheikh

🚀 Apply to Nebius for Startups: https://www.nebius.com/startups [https://www.nebius.com/startups] 🎧 Explore more episodes: https://www.nebius.com/startups/podcast [https://www.nebius.com/startups/podcast] In this episode we sit down with Tariq Sheikh, Co-founder and CEO of Nova, a contract intelligence platform transforming how teams manage and analyze business documents. A self-described “third culture kid,” Tariq’s journey spans numerous countries across both Africa and Europe, stints in consulting, gold trading, and defense, and finally a series of successes scaling tech startups. He previously founded Postpay, the leading buy now, pay later provider in the Middle East, scaling the company from a handful of employees to over 100 in just six months and raising over $65M along the way. Tariq shares how a constant lack of stability shaped his founder mentality—driving him to keep building, breaking, and pushing forward without getting too comfortable. We dive into what it takes to build in emerging markets, the realities of hypergrowth, and the nonstop firefighting that defines the founder journey. Tariq also reflects on how having had little time to pause and celebrate the wins is shaping how he’s building today. 👤 About the Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shkhtar/ Company website: https://nova-doc.com/ 🚀  About Nebius for Startups Nebius for Startups partners with leading AI founders building for scale—providing GPU credits, hands-on engineering support, and a global ecosystem to accelerate growth. Reduce infrastructure bottlenecks, avoid scaling missteps, and move faster. 👉 Apply now: https://www.nebius.com/startups [https://www.nebius.com/startups] 🌐 About Nebius Website: https://www.nebius.com [https://www.nebius.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nebius [https://www.linkedin.com/company/nebius] X: https://x.com/nebiusai [https://x.com/nebiusai]

From Operator to Investor: Going Deep on the AI Landscape with Accel’s Sam Fold

🚀 Apply to Nebius for Startups: https://www.nebius.com/startups [https://www.nebius.com/startups] 🎧 Explore more episodes: https://www.nebius.com/startups/podcast [https://www.nebius.com/startups/podcast] At Slush 2025 in Helsinki, we sat down with Accel’s Sam Folds to unpack the breakneck pace of today’s AI startup landscape. From identifying emerging investment opportunities to how his technical background in gaming with Blizzard and as VP of Engineering at Checkout.com contributes to his perspective in VC. Sam shares how founders can better anticipate where the market is heading and why the next wave of startups is going deeper—targeting niche, verticalized problems with AI and what’s ahead and the challenges facing compute-intensive startups in today’s AI era. 👤 About the Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samfold X (Twitter): https://x.com/SamFold Company website: https://www.accel.com/ 🚀  About Nebius for Startups Nebius for Startups partners with leading AI founders building for scale—providing GPU credits, hands-on engineering support, and a global ecosystem to accelerate growth. Reduce infrastructure bottlenecks, avoid scaling missteps, and move faster. 👉 Apply now: https://www.nebius.com/startups [https://www.nebius.com/startups] 🌐 About Nebius Website: https://www.nebius.com [https://www.nebius.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nebius [https://www.linkedin.com/company/nebius] X: https://x.com/nebiusai [https://x.com/nebiusai]

Revolutionizing Healthcare and Small Business Efficiency with AI: Insights from Abridge co-founder Zachary Lipton

🚀 Apply to Nebius for Startups: https://www.nebius.com/startups [https://www.nebius.com/startups] 🎧 Explore more episodes: https://www.nebius.com/startups/podcast [https://www.nebius.com/startups/podcast] In this episode, we explore cutting-edge technological advancements with leaders from Abridge. Zach, an AI researcher and co-founder of Abridge, shares the company's mission to enhance human connections in healthcare by developing AI solutions that alleviate doctors' administrative burdens. He elaborates on the innovative use of AI in clinical settings to streamline documentation, improve patient-doctor interactions, and optimize healthcare practices. Zach shed light on the importance of efficient AI integration, the future potential of their technologies, and the continual advancements happening in the AI space. 👤 About the Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharylipton [https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharylipton]  X (Twitter): https://x.com/zacharylipton [https://x.com/zacharylipton]  Personal Website: https://www.zacharylipton.com/ [https://www.zacharylipton.com/]  🚀  About Nebius for Startups Nebius for Startups partners with leading AI founders building for scale—providing GPU credits, hands-on engineering support, and a global ecosystem to accelerate growth. Reduce infrastructure bottlenecks, avoid scaling missteps, and move faster. 👉 Apply now: https://www.nebius.com/startups [https://www.nebius.com/startups] 🌐 About Nebius Website: https://www.nebius.com [https://www.nebius.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nebius [https://www.linkedin.com/company/nebius] X: https://x.com/nebiusai [https://x.com/nebiusai]

Exploring the Future of AI Video Generation with HeyGen's CTO Rong Yan

🚀 Apply to Nebius for Startups: https://www.nebius.com/startups [https://www.nebius.com/startups] 🎧 Explore more episodes: https://www.nebius.com/startups/podcast [https://www.nebius.com/startups/podcast] In this insightful episode, Rong Yan, the CTO of HeyGen, discusses the groundbreaking technology behind AI video generation and its potential to revolutionize video storytelling. Rong shares insights on HeyGen’s aim to make video creation accessible without the need for cameras, the challenges in developing realistic AI avatars, and the company’s commitment to privacy and safety. Furthermore, he addresses how AI could enhance multimedia communication and make video a more interactive and personalized experience.  The conversation also explores how HeyGen's innovations could shift content creation, making it easier for non-professionals to generate engaging video content. 👤 About the Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharyliptonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rong-yan-2004692 [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rong-yan-2004692] X (Twitter): https://x.com/zacharyliptonhttps://x.com/HeyGen [https://x.com/HeyGen]  Comapny Website: https://www.heygen.com/ [https://www.heygen.com/] 🚀  About Nebius for Startups Nebius for Startups partners with leading AI founders building for scale—providing GPU credits, hands-on engineering support, and a global ecosystem to accelerate growth. Reduce infrastructure bottlenecks, avoid scaling missteps, and move faster. 👉 Apply now: https://www.nebius.com/startups [https://www.nebius.com/startups] 🌐 About Nebius Website: https://www.nebius.com [https://www.nebius.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nebius [https://www.linkedin.com/company/nebius] X: https://x.com/nebiusai [https://x.com/nebiusai]